Extension-bracket.



PATENTED APR. 23, 1967.

J. T. BATTS. EXTENSION BRACKET.

APPLICATION HLBD MAB. 1e, 190e.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

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110.351,484. 1 yPATENTED APR. 23, 19o?. f J. T. BATTs.

EXTENSION BRACKET. APPLIATIoN FILED Miu.. 1s, 1908.

WJTNESSS.- N l INVENTOR Altomey EATENTED ATE. 2s, 190'?. .L T. BATTs.

EXTENSION BRACKET.

APPLIOATIOH FILED MAR. 16,1906.

3 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

y UNITED STATES- vririniv'i OFFICE.

JOI-IN THOMAS BATTS, OF GR- AND RAPIDS, MICIVIIGAN.

EXTENSION-BRACKET.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J onN THOMAS BATTs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and.

support to permit of their more complete inspection and display, and also to admit of ltheir ready removal together with their hangers, the whole arranged in such way as to` preserve the garments from careless and violent handling, to reduce their dust-exposed area, to keep them in shape, and to ad-y mit of their being readily enclosed within a cabinet, wardrobe or other projecting booth or inclosure, from which they may be readily I withdrawn as needed.

I have shown various embodiments of my invention herein, but without thereby 1nvtending to limit its variations within the form of antif'riction roller.

principle of a telescopic arrangement of sections forining a garment-supporting member, and a run-rail from which it is suspended and upon which it is extensible or capable of being telescoped; the said sections arranged to receive and support the hangers and the garments hung thereon, all'as I will proceed now more particularly to set forth and finally claim.

In the ac'coinpanying drawings illustrating my invention, in the several gures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is a perspective view. Fig. 2 a longitudinal section some parts broken away. Fig. 3 is a cross-section taken infront of the front supporting hanger. Fig? 4 is an elevation, on a smaller scale, showing the arrangement of the extension bracket within a cabinet or inclosure, with tlie parts enclosed in the inclosure. ig. 5 is a similar view with the parts withdrawn. Fig. 6 is a side elevation with the outer end of the telescoping member fully extended. Fig. 7 is a bottom yplan view of Fig. 6. Fig. 8 is a side elevation of a Fig. S) is a perspective view of a modification, including a Fig` 10 is a longitudinal speeication of Letters Patent.

Annlicatinn filed March 16, 190B.

Patented April 23, 1907.

serai Nn. 306,465.

is a sectional elevation of another modificaltion. Fig. 12 is a perspective view of another form of outer hanger. Figs. 13 and 14 are cross-sections like Fig. 3, showing two other modications. Fig. 15 is a perspective view of another modification. i

Dealers in ready made garments are more and more discarding the old-fashioned tables on which the garments have been folded and piled in lots, and substituting for them various kinds of cases and racksor stands on which such garments as coats are hung by means of hangers, so that the garments may be better displayed, more easily handled and exhibited, preserved from wrinkling and crushing, andv also more fully protected from dust. In the use of glazed cases or cabinets or wardrobes for this purpose, it is desirable to have some means by which the garments may be drawn out in lots for exhibition purposes, in contradistinction to being taken out one by one, and my invention furnishes such means, although its applicability and adaptability, of course, are not limited to this one use.

Referring now to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, 1 is a run-rail, preferably' made of a rectangular bar of steel or other rigid material, and having at its ends lips 2 provided with means whereby it may be fastened in between the Walls of a case, cabinet or wardrobe or other structure, in a substantially horizontal position. As shown, this run-rail has its opposite ends divided longitudinally-and the ad-` jacent parts turned to opposite sides of the run-rail, and at right angles thereto, so as to form, as it were, brackets, and these may have the screw-holes 3 through which screws may .be passed into the woodwork of an inclosure to hold the run-rail in place. At or near the inner or rear end of the run-rail there is a notch 4'in its upper edge. Forward ofthe middle of this run-railis a laterally rejecting stop-pin 5. At the' outer end of t e run-rail is` secured Van open-sided hanger 6, here shown as a casting having one continuous side, the lower end of which terminates in a horizontally arranged pintle 7 upon which is mounted a roller 8, and the other side open and terminating a short distance below the run-rail, and forming a guard 9 to preventl the garment supporting member from jumping from the hanger. In order to eHect, inan economical way, 'a rigid connection of the hanger with the run-ruil,

section of the modification of Fig. 9. Fig. 11

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, the upper edge of the run-rail is notched and the inner portion of the hanger is recessed, so

v that these two parts may interlock some- .rollers 13 and 14.

Iment only by eort.

'what after the manner of a. mortise-joint, and then the arts ma be further united by a screw or bo t 310. ut any other method of connecting the run-rail and the hanger may be employed, and,.as will presently appear, the hanger may be made adjustable on the run-rail.

, The supporting member from which theer of telescopic or extensible sections. Of these sections, that designated 11 may be a solid rod of. metal, and solid because .of the required rigidity andstrength at this point.

This r'od 11 is provided with the hanger 12,"

projecting therefrom at right4 an les and slotted longitudinally so as tostra dle the runrail 1, and in this slotted portion are arranged below and above the run-rail the antifriction When the support is drawn back into its enclosed position, Figs. 2.and 4,- the roller 14 drops into notch 4 and this displacementof whatv may be termed, the center of gravity, inl addition to -the `Weight of thefgarments suspended fromA the .supporting member, serve to lock the su .grting member to .th'e run-rail sufficient y .mly to. revent its dis vlacement therefrom accidentally, and to a mit 'ofits V,displacer1 he Aforward end of the rod 11 1s grooved vertically andv inthis'- groove is arranged a roller 15. A second section of the supporting member is a tube 16, which is mounted to enclose andf-slideupon the'irod 11, and is connected therewith by ay coupling 17 hav-ing the flanged end 18.

-which :hugs the rod sufficiently closely :to

serve as a sto against which the stop-collar 19=on the ro 11 abuts to limit the forward longitudinal movement of the tube 16 on the rod 11. The coupling 17 has the upwardly projecting ears 20 extending suiiciently far to-embrace the sides ofthe run-rail 1, so as to prevent the said tub'e llfrom turning. Be#- tWeenthel ears 2O is j ournaled an an'tifrictionY roller 21, which at times is 1n 'contact lwith' the rod 11,:as shown more partcularl in Fi s 2 and 5.. The roller 1'5 inthe end o the ro 11 tracks. upon the inside of this tube 16, and thus by means of these'rllers 15-and 21 an antif'rictin bearing is provided, -whereby the parts may be readll 'moved one'witlrelation to' the other. 'Flic tubeil is supported. also by the roller l8-in the .hanger6, and of course this roller will conform sub" stantially in 'profile to the profile of the tube. LA lthid section of the lsupporting member, consists' of the tube 22, fitted to slide inside ofthe-tube 16 and ha.'I .a length of sliding movement therein limite by a slot'23'in the bottom of the tube 16 which is engaged by a stop-pin 24 supported at the free end of the astened inside ofthe-tube 22,

the tube 22 Vfrom rotating within the tube 16.

Also fastened inside of the tube 22 is a spring 27 having a bolt 28 adapted to en age a hole 29 inside of the tube 16 to lock te tube 22 Within thesaid tube 164 so that these tube will move together.

In order to unlock the tube 22 from the tube 16, a push-button 30 is mounted in the head 31 of the operating handle 32, and is connected with the free end of the spring 27 in such Way that the spring may be pushed in to release the bolt 28 from the hole 29 so as to permit of the extension ofthe member 22. The push-button may'be screwed into the spring 27 so as to be capable of being disengaged therefrom whenV the operating handle 1s to be removed, andat all other times this push-button prevents the operating han-1v AS indicated in Fig. 3,' this extension' bracket .is -adapted for use with garment hangers having substantially hooked suspending mediums, here shown, in part, as a end provided wire 33, having its suspendin with a roller 34, whose pro e is substan- ,tially that' ofv the-supporting member of the bracket, so that these garment hangers may be readilyapplied to and removed from the sup orting member through the open side of' the anger 6.

`As shownin Fig'. 4, when the run-rail, l is mounted rigidly between two adjacent Walls 35 and 36 o f a cabinet. orother inclosure 'or support, any number of garments may be suspended-from the lower supporting member wholly within the inclosure. When i t is desired/,Pto withdraw thegarment's for inspection, the operating handle 32 is grasped and pulled in the direction of the arrow, Fig. 4,

and this pull results in sliding the tube 16 longitudinally outward upon the rod 11, and

Awhen the outward movement of thetube 16V has been arrested by" contact of the flange 18 with the. collar 19 on the.rod 11, then by jerking the roller 14 out of the notch 4, bot

the rod 11 and tube 16 may be moved to gether outwardly until the outward movement is arrested byf the hanger 12 coming into contact with the stop-pin 5 as indicated in Fig. 5. In this way the garment hangers will rlde past the hanger 6, through its open side and outside of the inclosure, soas to be easily inspected.` If it be desired to separate the garments on the supporting member for more complete inspection and 4Without'removing them from said member,` then`the push-button 30 is operated to Yrelease the bolt 28 from the tube 16 and the member 22 is drawn vout as shown in Fig. 5, providing that much additional surface on which to separate the garments 4one from another.

The reverse operations serve to compact the garments again and shove them, together with the supporting member, back into the inclosure.

The antifriction rollers make the operation of the several parts of the bracket easy and practically noiseless. These rollers, as shown in Fig. 8, may consist of a roller-ring containing bearing-rollers between itself and the journal or pin.

The solid steel rod 1 1 gives strong and rigid leverage for the operation of the parts.

As already indicated, the'invention is susceptible of various modifications, some of which I will now describe. Referring to Fig. 9, the run-rail here designated 37, is hinged to a bracket 3S fixed to a wall 39, and itsouter end is supported by a stay-rod 40,

fastened to the wall by an eye or other device 41, and the garment-supporting member is mounted upon this run-rail and the whole is capable of being swung back and forth relatively to the wall. In this instance also the open-sided hanger 42 has an eye 43 engaging the run-rail, and fixed or adjustable thereon, as may be required. The section 44 of the supporting member, has a roller-hanger 45 engaging the run-rail, and the member 46 has a pin 47 engaging a longitudinal slot A4S in the section 44, to limit its outward movement and also to prevent it from turning thereon. The section 44 has a roller 49 tracking in the section 46. The outer section 50 is arranged within the section 46, and has a roller 51 in its inner end. The section 50 Ahas a catch 52 which engages a notch in the section 46 to limit the outward extension of the said section 5U, and it also has a catch. 53 adapted to engage a hole 54 in the section 46 to lock the two together in their closed position. The section 46 has at its forward end a roller 55 to support the section 50 inthe extended position.

As shown in Fig. 11, wherein the parts arey broken in order to'bring the view within the drawing sight, the run-rail` 56 is a tube mounted in brackets 57 fast to opposite walls, and in this case the'depending opensided hanger 58 is fast to the run-rail 56; the section 59 has the roller-hanger 60 suspending it from the said run-rail, and the telescoping sections ,61 and 62 are connected with each other substantially as before, excepting that spring-bolts 63, 64 and 65 areiused for the invention is not limited to the number of\ sections constituting the garment-supporting member, although the construction shown in Figs. 1 to 8 is preferred. 4

In the modifications shown in Figs. 9, 10,

tion rollers inside and outside are shown and require no further descri ition. In Figs. 9, 11 and 12 the open-sided brackets are s own with concave rollers to support the garmentsupporting member as before, and in Figs. 9 and 12 the bracket is shown with a guard-lip at the left to reduce the liability of the garment-supporting member jumping from the roller.

As shown `in Fifrs. 13 and 14 the front hanger may have the roller omitted, and in this case the part 66 may be broadened out to serve asia slide-way for the extensible seetion. In Fig. 14 this front hanger is shown as havingv a foot 67 by which it and the front end of 'the run-rail may be secured overhead.

As shown in Fig. 14 the garment hanger hook 68 may be used without a roller.

As shown in Fig. 15 the notch 4 may be omitted, or it may be replaced by some sort of catch or other device capable of holding the rear'hanger in temporary engagement with the run-rail. Also in this View, is

11 and 1 2, various arrangements' of antifric- IOC shown a rear hanger 69 without rollers and adapted to slide on the run-rail. Also in this view is shown a coupling 7() which omits the ears 20 and the roller bearing,

It is desirable to have such an engagement -construction illustrated is applicable to all of the roller bearings usedI throughout the structure, and it is also to be understood that I do not limit my invention to` any particular kind of antifrietion bearing.

In some cases the outermost section at the front may be omitted and the handle will then be attached, as by screwthreading, on the outer end of the second or extension section.

What I claim is 1. An extension bracket, comprising essentially a` run-rail, a telescopic supporting member, a hanger rising from the supporting member into engagement with the run-rail at its rear end, and an open-sided hanger secured to and depending from the run-rail at the outer or front end and sustaining the supporting member at that end and permitting a IIS ' rail notched at its inner or rear end, and an open-sided hanger at its outer or front end, and a garment-supporting member composed of a series of telescoping sections, the

- rail so as to inner section having a roller-hanger fitted to the run-rail and normally held in the notched end of the run-rail, the second section having a stop-'joint connection Withthe inner section and mcluding a coupling engaging the runrevent rotation of said second section, an an outer section .normally locked to the second section and provided with an operating handle Whereb the second section may be extended with re ation to the first section and these two sections moved along the run-rail by dislocating the irst section from the notch of the run-rail.

3. An extension bracket, having a run-rail notchedgat its inner end, and an open-sided .hanger at its front end, and a garment-supporting member composed of a series of telescoping sections, the inner section having a roller-hanger fitted to the run-rail and normally held inthe notched end of the run-rail, the second section having a stop-joint connection with the inner lsection and including a coupling enga 'ng the run-rail so as to revent rotation o said secondsection, an anV outer section normally locked to the second section andprovided with an operating handle whereby the second section may be extended With relation to the irst'section and these two sections moved along the run-rail by dislocating the rst section from the notch of the'run-rail, and a stop on the runrail for arresting the outward movement of the first section.

4.y An extension bracket, having a runrail notched at its inner end, and an opensided hanger at'itsfront end, anda garmentsulpporting member composed of a series of te escoping sections, the inner section having a roller-hanger fitted to the run-rail and normally held in the notched end 'of the runrail, the second section having a stop-joint connection with the inner section and including a coupling engaging the run-rail so as to prevent rotation of said second section, and an outer section normally locked to the second section and provided with an operating handle whereby the second section maybe extended with relation to the first section and these two sections moved valong the run-rail by dislocating the first section from the notch of the run-rail, said outer section capable of being unlocked from the second section` and extended therefrom a limited distance.

5. A n' extension bracket, comprisi a.

run-rail having a.' notch at its inner en a vices comprising a run-rail at its outer end and having a roller section and engaging the notch in the run-rail and adapted to run upon said run-rail, a second section, a coupling for slidably coupling it to the inner section, said coupling engaging the run-rail to hold said section upright and having a roller bearing interposed between the run-rail and the inner section, an open-sided hanger on the outer end of the run-rail and in which hanger the garmentsupporting member is arranged, and an operating handle applied to the second section.

6. In an extension bracket, a run-rail and a garment-supporting member suspended from said run-rail and capable of longitudinal movement thereon, said garment-supportingI 7. In an extension bracket, a run-rail and a.

garment-supporting member sus ended from said run-rail and capable of ongitudinal movement thereon, said garment-supporting member having telescopic sections and a coupling connecting said sections and having a portion extending upwardly into sliding engagement with the run-rail so as to prevent the turning of said supporting member, and an antifriction-roller borne by the cou ling and interposed between the bottom oiJ the run-rail and the top of thegarment-supporting member.

8. In an extension bracket, a run-rail and a telesco ic garment-supporting member suspende therei'rom, one of the suspending dehanger mounted upon the arranged beneath the garment-supporting IOO member and open at one side of the garmentsupporting member.

9. An extension bracket for garments,

comprising a run-rail, a support for said rail,

telescoping sections, a movable hanger for suspending said sections from the run-rail at the inner end, and an open-sided hanger for suspending said sections fromthe run-rail at their outer end and permitting free movement of the garment hangers upon said telesco ing sections past the open-sided hanger, an stops to limit the movement of said sec- IIO tions u'pon one another in extending the bracket.

10. In an extension bracket, the combination Withsuitable supports, of a run-rail, telescoping sections suspended from the run-- rail at one end by a movable ha er, and at 'the other end by a hanger xe to the run-rail above it and havin a depending open side which receives an su ports the telesco ic sections and permits their longi-` tudina movement thereon and also permits free movement of the garment han ers upon said sections past said open-sided anger.

open-sided roller-hanger for supporting said sections at the other end and permitting free movement of the garment hangers upon said Corrections n- Letters Patent N. 851.484.

sections past said roller-hanger, and stops to limit the movement of said sections rela-A tive to one another in extending the bracket.

12. In an extension bracket, a run-rail, a garment-supporting member suspended from said run-rail and extensible upon it, the suspension means including a hanger and a` device for temporarily holding the hanger in a given position on the run-rail? 13. In an extension bracket, a run-raiL a garment-supporting member suspended from said run-rail, said suspension means including an` open-sided front hanger having a guard at its Open side to prevent the garmentsupporting member from jumping Off the hanger.

14. An extension bracket,A comprising a run-rail, a garment-supporting. member. susi, improvement in [SEAL] ended f r`om`V said run-rail by means ofa anger at its inner end and an open-sided hanger. at its front end, vsaid garment-supporting member comprising a series of telescopic sections and the inner section having the inner hanger fixed to it and tted to the run-rail and normally engaged therewith, said inner hanger engaging the run-rail so as to prevent wobbling of the garment-sup--' port' member.

15'. n an extension bracket, a run-rail,

telescopic lmembers suspended therefrom, and including an inner section provided with a handley and suitableA catches Lwhereby it -may be extended and collapsed and the gar mentsr or fabrics arranged upon the support may be respectively separated landA com-l pacted.

In testimony whereof I have myhand this 14th' day of March QD. 1906. JOHN THOMAS BATTs. Viitnesses.y

W1LLrAM KING JEssE F. ORTON- It is hereby certified that'n Letters Patent No. 851,484, granted April 23, 1907,v upon the Vapplication rof John Thomas Betts, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, for an Extension-Brackets, errors occur in the printed specification requiri ing correction, as follows: In line 24, page 1, the lWord projecting. should read pro;v teething, and in lines 83-84, page .4, the words one of said membersds'hould be 'stricken and inserted before'the word extending inline Ai513, sanne page; and .that the4 Letters Patent should be read with. these corrections therein that the same may conform tothe record of the ease in the Patent Oice. I I

signed and sealed this 7th day of May, A, D., 1907.

E. B. MOORE, .Acting Commissioner of Patents.

hereunto set:

open-sided roller-hanger for supporting said sections at the other end and permitting free movement of the garment hangers upon said Corrections n- Letters Patent N. 851.484.

sections past said roller-hanger, and stops to limit the movement of said sections rela-A tive to one another in extending the bracket.

12. In an extension bracket, a run-rail, a garment-supporting member suspended from said run-rail and extensible upon it, the suspension means including a hanger and a` device for temporarily holding the hanger in a given position on the run-rail? 13. In an extension bracket, a run-raiL a garment-supporting member suspended from said run-rail, said suspension means including an` open-sided front hanger having a guard at its Open side to prevent the garmentsupporting member from jumping Off the hanger.

14. An extension bracket,A comprising a run-rail, a garment-supporting. member. susi, improvement in [SEAL] ended f r`om`V said run-rail by means ofa anger at its inner end and an open-sided hanger. at its front end, vsaid garment-supporting member comprising a series of telescopic sections and the inner section having the inner hanger fixed to it and tted to the run-rail and normally engaged therewith, said inner hanger engaging the run-rail so as to prevent wobbling of the garment-sup--' port' member.

15'. n an extension bracket, a run-rail,

telescopic lmembers suspended therefrom, and including an inner section provided with a handley and suitableA catches Lwhereby it -may be extended and collapsed and the gar mentsr or fabrics arranged upon the support may be respectively separated landA com-l pacted.

In testimony whereof I have myhand this 14th' day of March QD. 1906. JOHN THOMAS BATTs. Viitnesses.y

W1LLrAM KING JEssE F. ORTON- It is hereby certified that'n Letters Patent No. 851,484, granted April 23, 1907,v upon the Vapplication rof John Thomas Betts, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, for an Extension-Brackets, errors occur in the printed specification requiri ing correction, as follows: In line 24, page 1, the lWord projecting. should read pro;v teething, and in lines 83-84, page .4, the words one of said membersds'hould be 'stricken and inserted before'the word extending inline Ai513, sanne page; and .that the4 Letters Patent should be read with. these corrections therein that the same may conform tothe record of the ease in the Patent Oice. I I

signed and sealed this 7th day of May, A, D., 1907.

E. B. MOORE, .Acting Commissioner of Patents.

hereunto set:

Corrections in Letters Patent No. 851.484.

It is hereby certified that in Letters Patent No. 851,484, granted April 23, 1907, upon the application of John Thomas Betts, of Grand Rapids, Michigan, for an l improvement in Extension-Brackets, errors occur in the printed specification requiring correction, as follows: In line 24, page 1, the word projecting should read proi teeting, and in lines 83-84, page@ the words one of said members should be stricken ont and inserted before the word extending in line 83, same page; and that the said Letters Patent; should be read withthese corrections therein that the same may conform to the record of the case in the Patent Oice. Signed and sealed this 7th day of May, A, D., 1907.

[SEAL] E. B. MOORE,

Acting Commissioner of Patenls. 

